Sunday, 29 September 2013

WELCOME THE CHILD

PRAYER MOMENT


Monday 30 September 2013


WELCOME THE CHILD


Pause.  Be in the presence of God and “the cloud of witnesses” (Heb 12:1).


Reading. “Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me” (Luke 9:46-50)


Reflection. Wee Man is the story of a child growing up in Glasgow in the 1970s in a culture of gangs, violence and drug wars. The camera focuses on his eyes as he looks out of his window or his hiding places in the streets and sees people knocked senseless or murdered. He feels no welcome in this world and, for a while, turns to violence himself. To welcome a child is to prepare a world for a child where the child feels accepted and loved, where the child can play and explore without fear and where the child grows uo sensing that people everywhere are struggling to build a better world. It is also to welcome the child in me, to let go of my fears of failure and rejection and to open my eyes in wonder and see the beauty of people and the signs of effort everywhere as people try to build a new world.


Prayer. Lord, in welcoming a little child we welcome you. Teach us to have the freedom, the openness, to welcome a child as you did with wonder and love. Amen


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